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A Nigerian businessman based in China, Vincent Chukwudulue, and two Angolan citizens — Mbandu Martins Makiadi and Ngoma Wilson Fernando have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency – NDLEA.
According to NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who made this known on Sunday, the suspects excreted a total of 236 wraps of cocaine after their arrests at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, respectively.
He said that Ibeanu was arrested on Wednesday while on board a Qatar Airways flight 1432, from Kano to China enroute Abuja/Doha following credible intelligence. The suspect excreted a total of 52 pellets of cocaine, weighing 735.95 grams. Ibeanu, in his statement, said he was into business on Lagos Island before relocating to Guangzhou, China, in 2024.
The NDLEA spokesman noted that the two Anglans Mbandu Martins Makiadi, 50, and Ngoma Wilson Fernando, 52,were intercepted on Wednesday at the screening point of the departure hall of Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, during the outward clearance of passengers going to Istanbul, Turkey via Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET940.
“When they were taken for a body scan, they tested positive for ingesting an illicit drug. As a result, they were kept under observation for possible excretion. While Mbandu excreted a total of 76 wraps weighing 920 grams in seven excretions, Ngoma expelled 108 pellets that weighed 1.33 kilograms in five excretions.
“During the interview, the suspects who hail from Hoji Ya Henda in Luanda, the capital of Angola, claimed they were recruited by a Luanda-based automobile spare parts dealer who promised to pay them $3000 each upon successful delivery of the consignments in Turkey,” Babafemi said.
